Improvement in machines for cutting paper collars



Madam/rfirm,

M W f .l'rlnvenfor.

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EA'roN, -o1 j Winennsrna' MASSACHUSETTS.

' Leners Patent, Nan-1311s, cada Janpary 24, 1871.A

iMPRovEMi-:N'r |N MAeHlNEs Fon cufrTlNG PAPER c'oLLARs.

The Schedulereferred to in theselletters `Patent and malng part of the sam-e.

I, ALFRED L. ELLIOT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,`have invented certain Improvements in Machine for Cutting Collars,

A of which the following is a specification.

Figurel represents -an end viewof the machine;

Figure 2/is afront elevation; and

" .Figures 3 and 4 are plan vieivs ot' thc'cutters 'and dies.

,This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of machines in which, from a sheet of whole paperfed in' at one;side,a' 1inished collar is tur-ned outat the other side, as will more fully appeariu the snbjoined description.' Y. i

Referring to th drawing- .A 1represen t`. he frame of V.the machine, \vith'pul leyfshafting, a'ndgearing as generally employed, to

motion to theeccentrie B, which', being connected topr'es's-bloclcfD-fby menus of connecting-rod Camoves the latter to andffmm the receiving-block E l press-block D'by right-and-left screw, for the purpose -of'iaising or lowering"press-block D, thereby lcngthening orshorteningjthe eut of dies.

Tothe eccentric `Bis attached the frameF, rotating about the axis of the-eccentrics shaft, and containing guide-screw and adjustable pin. G, towhichis fastycned the rod H, which moves belLcrank` I, paivl K,

wheel L, andfeed'erollers-M N.

{lhe press-block` D' .is guided bythe Vplates P P',

which latter rest againstzthe wedges Q Q' in such a manner that by working the vnuts lt 1t', through which-'the-threaded ends. of the wedges pass, the vhorizontal position of -the press-block D is adjusted.

To thelo'wer face of block Dfare firmly secured the cutters-S S', whilel "to the upper` face of thereceiving-block isattached the plate T, containing -the die for cutting "one end ofthe collars, another diel Afor the imitation of'the'stitches and for the-making ot' button-holes and for creasing, and a third diejfor cutting the other e'nd.

lo the lower portion of receiving-block E is at tached the apparatus for yejeeting"the refuse paper.

' frame W, reaching"throuzlr` a slot f block E up to 4Thecouneci'ling-rod C is attached toeccentric andv liiitnesses'z '.lhis apparatnsconsists of fingenU, spring V, and

from the machine.

The plate containing the dies is adjustable by means of oblong holes and screws, or in any -other practical way,.for the purpose that when it 1s required' to change the size of the collar the dies are moved in relation to the cutters, which cut the ends so as to shorten or lengthen the ends.

mentioned, is beveled, and thus does no t come down parallel to the face ot' the female-die, but touches it ^mwitlroneendfirst, and thus securing a shearing cut,

` which mayfbe' done with one die.'

die-plate lnay'be substituted, by which the operation stitching, and making buttonholes; butin this case teu dierentsized die ordinary-sized collars.

The die for stitching, creasing, and making the sections, Z, ofdifferent widths, and the slots and setscrews in the' ends the same as the other dies.` By

,this means this die can be iliade to conform to all the variations of the cutting-dies.

Having thus fully described'mjr invention, What I claim.as..new,.and desire to securef'by Letters Patent, is

1 .A The combination ofthe press-block D, guides 1 P', wedges QQ', and nuts 1t It', constructed in the manner and for the purpose as explained.

'which with two partso' successive dies I can cut ditL ferent sizes o' collars, substantially as'dcsribed.

3. The combination of sliding. dies, as described, with, dies for stitching or for4 button-heling' collars, substantially as set forth.

this specification-iu the' 'presence of two subscribing witnesses.. j v

' ALFRED L. ELLIOT.

G .innoLL .-D. WRIGHT,

-The plunger or male die in press-block D, as above 'Iinstead 'ofl two cnttersf-anddies,onccutter and one Y of' cutting is performed, and one die for creasing,`

s would be required tn make theb'utton-holes is made adj nstahle by removable center-v 2. '.lhe arrangement otsliding and beveled dies, by

. In. testimony' ivhereof I have signed ni-y naine to an f ses ecc cfm ALFRED nf'nLL'Iofr, or Bestromassl'enon ToHIMsnLFiANnnDWIN A.

the '1ast.die, and by airapid motion Idisengages the I refuse from the collar and drawsv and ejeets the latter 

